ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University women's volleyball team swept two matches as it hosts a tri-match on Saturday. The Knights defeated both Rutgers-Newark and John Jay College 3-0.
In the first match of the day, the Knights defeated the Scarlet Raiders 25-11, 25-20 and 25-18.
Melissa Eddy tallied 12 kills and 11 digs in the win.
Kyndra Dale added 10 kills and a .474 hitting percentage.
Emma Kovacs handed out 25 assists and
Amiya Carter added 12.
The Knights jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the first set. Under the service of Kovacs, Neumann scored nine straight points for a 23-8 advantage. A kill by Dale gave the Knights the 25-11 set one win.
Neumann took another early lead in set two, 8-3, and slowly built on its lead to a 20-12 advantage. Rutgers-Newark chipped its way back to within three, 21-18. The Knight stopped the momentum and a kill by
Bri Gautier sealed the 25-20 set two win and 2-0 match lead.
The teams battled to start set three. Neumann started to get some momentum and grew its lead to seven, 20-13. A kill by Kovacs gave the Knights the 25-18 set three and 3-0 match win.
In the 3-0 win over John Jay,
Julia Solomon led the way with 12 kills and a .625 hitting percentage. Eddy added 11 digs. Kovacs tallied 18 assists and Carter added 12. Set scores were 25-23, 25-12 and 28-26.
The teams battled and traded points throughout the first set. Tied at 23, a kill by Eddy and a Bloodhounds attack error gave Neumann a 25-23 set one win.
Neumann held the pace in the second set. While leading 16-10, the Knights rattled off six consecutive points for a 22-10 advantage. A kill by
Taylor Dinnis completed the 25-12 set two win.
Set three was much like the first with each team taking some runs before the other caught up and took the lead back. With the Knights leading 21-19, the Bloodhounds scored the next four points for a 23-21 edge. Neumann tallied the next two points to tie the score and the teams went back and forth until the Knights were able to score two straight points, one on a kill by Solomon and the other on an attack error by John Jay, for the 28-26 set three and 3-0 match win.
Neumann (11-13) will head to Widener on Wednesday evening in the final conference match of the season. Action is slated to get underway at 7:00 PM.
